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Hi folks,

I am training my young English power forward again this season. The England U-21 coach has advised me to train JS and JR this season. I was wondering how important JR is for power forwards bearing in mind that I always play look inside or low post. I would like him to have a good jumper though. Think Amar`e Stoudemire and his jump shot and that`s what I want for Hennesey. Here are his stats. If anyone has some advice on my training regime for him then I would greatly appreciate any suggestions. Please bear in mind that I want him to become a scorer first and foremost so ID and Rebounding are not that important. I may train him some more in thos sats later. My instinct is to train IS and JS and not JR. Please help.

DMI: 198400
Age: 20
Height: 7'0" / 213 cm
Potential: allstar
Game Shape: strong
Jump Shot: prominent Jump Range: awful
Outside Def.: atrocious Handling: inept
Driving: average Passing: awful
Inside Shot: sensational Inside Def.: prolific
Rebounding: strong Shot Blocking: average
Stamina: strong Free Throw: mediocre

Experience: pitiful

I would worry first with the OD and Passing before I worry with the JR

Thanks. OD and passing do not worry me. I want him to be a pure scorer. I have those other skills in abundance with other players. I understand that it would be good to raise them but I want this guy to be my main offensive weapon so this season I only want to improve his shooting.

Many thanks for the reply. Your opinion is much appreciated.

in my opinion, JR is not crucial in a PF, but for outside tactics, it sure helps to have a PF who can knock down 3s (think Kevin Love or Dirk Nowitzki).

If you have enough other trainees, raise his JS, Driving and Rebounding this season. IS should increase a little that way, via secondary training.

I'd worry a little about his OD, though. He'll be absolutely abused by outside PFs with a good jumper and some range. perhaps not this season, but next season I'd try to get it at least to mediocre, and rather even strong, or else you'll lose against every opposing team that plays either Princeton or Motion.

Thank you for the advice.

As I said in the first post I just want to concentrate on his scoring stats. Obviously training his OD would be a big plus but I won`t do anything on his defence, just scoring. I`ll just have to live with his defensive frailties.

I think I will train him in jump shot, driving and rebounding as you suggested.

Many thanks.

Thanks for your advice fella`s.

I need to think this one through. He is getting jump shot training this week for the second week so I don`t need to decide what to do until next Saturday.

I am leaning toward some jump range training, maybe a couple of pops. Then concentrate on jump shot, driving and rebounding. Or maybe no rebounding at all this season and just concentrate on the three scoring skills. Passing is okay. He only averages 1.0 turnovers for his career so I can live with that.

Despite everyone`s great advice I`m actually more confused as to what to do. lol. It needs more thought. I like my team but it lacks the big scorer. Hopefully this player will become my marquee scorer.

Thanks Manon. Good points.

I was hoping that he might make the U-21s but for some reason the U-21 manager has picked power forwards who have low salaries of about 7K rather than Hennessey. I have been developing him for my team though and not the U-21s.

Many thanks

Mark

If you improve his rebounding he we get 2nd chance points so it could indirectly raise his scoring.